Bassano recorder (1944-12-07)

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Mere. tameg Thamas ante,

died in Toronto, Ont. on Oct~

ober 27th, 1944, >

Mr.’ Todd moved jinto . the
Crowfoot district in April, 1917
and started farming. Mr. Todd
has been away from here most
of the time, being in the whole-
sale, lumber business in Tor-
onto but still retains his farm-
ino interests in the district.

Mr, and Mrs.° Todd visited
in the Hefflebower home - in
the Crowfoot district several
times during the past 15 years

Their many friends in Ba-
ssano and other points . in
Crowfoot district extend sin-
cere and heartfelt sympathy.

The Girls of the Health and
Recreation Centre here, under
the Supervision of Mrs, J.F.
Rockwell are holding a* Dance
On Dec, 15th, in the Mtsonic
Hall to raise funds for equip.
ment, which is badly needed,

_ ‘Makepeace orchestra is su-
pplying the music, and it’ is

hoped everyone will support
this worthy cause,
. . .
OIS. Ted Redmond R.C.N,V.-

R. arrived in town Friday night
to spend a Twenty-eight day
leave with his parents Mr. and
Mrs, W. J. Redmond.

OIS Dale MoBride, R.C.N.-
V.R, has, arrived in town on
leave, to spend some time vi-
siting at the home of his Mo-
ther and sisters here.

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Mr and Mrs R.V. .McCull-
ough have as their guests, for
a few days, the latter's bro-
ther, Fl, Luiet. A. McFadden

and his Brides Fl. Luiet-.Mc- .

ss a henin bas oan har ~~

“Faddén was recently réttitned
from Overseas, where he spent
the last three years jin active
service, having at .one. time
been (reported missing’ after
having been shot down when
flying over Epemy Territory.

Mr, and Mrs, Vic. ‘Hogan of
New Dayton, spent a few days

— war any HO) " |
Ne The Executive is President
wn over the week. . ' : fy ris
nome oF Des and Vera Vice P

visiting in to
end, at the’
‘Mrs. Ay G; Scott.

: er Cer:

The Bassano Cadets held a
Social evening Tuesday Nov.
“21st} in the Masonic Hall over
_over two hundred © attended.
. After a few interesting remarks
Mr J, Donaldson Chairman in-
troduced the guest of the even-
ing Captain Ritson. Rerhett.
who operated and showed
moving pictures of the — war,

The Bennett Sheild was pre--
sented to the Bassano Cadet
for the Seventh time. Profici-
eney chivions was presened t'o
E. Desharnais and L. Gorden
also, Bill Stiles was vresen‘cdl
with a metal for the best shot

' as Bill was absence it was gi-

ven to his mother,

2nd, Lueit. Redmond gilt
from the Parents and friends
Was a pen and pencil set s).ow-
ing their appreciation of his
splendid work im training tie
boys

Convener Mrs Bohne looked
after tho refreshments, Music
for the Dance was by Mrs
Redmond, M%ss Plumer ° and
Mrs Greenwood with Joe
Harris at the Drums

The C GIT Girls had a sp-*
ecial invitation from the Cad-
ets and helped to make the
cvening ag great success, |

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Petty Officer T . Ferguson
is spending his leave with his
relatives Mr and Mrs G. Mor-
rison,

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Community Xmas Tree will
be held Dec. 20th, in the Ma-
sonic Hall.

Gun. C,B, Hayes from Hal-
ifax is home for 14 days visit-
ing his parents.

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The Junior Red Cross of the
Bassano Public School have
collected, and today’ ‘shipped
‘o the Junior Red Cross Crip-
»ted Children’s Hospital, Cal-
gary; a total of forty five seal-
ers of Jam, Fruit, Pickles, veg-
etables, and Honey, They are
to be congratulated for _ this
nice contribution to this cause

Haywire comes in

j handy for many an emer-
geficy repair around the farm. But

it won't do when farm machinery
and other expensive equipment
breaks down, It’s then that repairs
and replagements can run into real

ROANS TO FARMERS money.
at reasonable rates are Loans to take care of essential
ber mf oe by ‘repairs or replacements are always

+++to buy, livestock
+e. to buy ertilizer te pik
++. to repair or replace®

‘ machinery dx

«+. to buy seed

+++ to buy feeder cattle *
«+. tomeet

«..for any

her reasonable?
purpose, , ji

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wagebills of for
on the

available at. any branch of The

Royak Bank of Canada. Money
» » sespent-for euch purposes is money
invested, because a breakdown
on theyfarm often leads to serious
costly trouble. When you need
to repair or replace machinery,

‘y productive purpose, call
anager of our nearest

THE ROYAL BANK OF CANADA

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MANAGER

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vectors Jack MacLean and Bey-
orly Belcher, 4 aan

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| The other day Mr atd Mrs
Henry Plett and family mov-
ed over to Coaldale, w
he will run a Flotif-mill,

Word has been received
Brooks that Mr. Aron and Ka-
ie Plett going by car from
lrooks to the Dairy farm’ pull-
ing a trajler with milk. cans,
Vien a trick came
hind and caught the trailer and

celachod it to pieces, Although, ~~

Car and passetigers escaped
Safely, y

The first bab
ssano to be held under the
auspices of Miss N. Newton,
public health nurse of the
“eso Moealth District, took
place an
A «oo! attendance, Clinics are
fo be held each month
next one being December 21,
at 2-4 p.m. in the Red Cross
Rooms, Children are weighed,
meastired, inoculated and. ad-
vice is given on feeding pro-
blems. i SP

This is a service for all well
babies and preschool children
and is.in the interests of heal-
thier babies to grow into heal-
thier adults. Why not take your
child next month,

Sa BC ae
MAKEPEACE
:

The last Red Cross Meeting
was held at the home of Mrs
Ed Martin, The following. art-
icles were turned in: 30 pair
panties, 4 dress and pantie set

‘2 dresses. 8 pair men’s pyja-_ fficulties which exist, yg.
yt. ‘sweater, ath my interviews culmin-

‘mas, “t-schilds: 12
3 pair socks; 1 pair mitts, 1
pair seamien's socks. 1 blouse
2 housewives, 2, 4yr, old sw-
eaters. The next meeting will
be held at the homee of Mrs
Nail. .
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Mrs Hefflebower {s having

a well drilled, ~

Sunday visitors at the home
of Mr and Mrs Ed..; Schaffer
were Mr and Mrs J. Bulger
and Lelah, Mr and Mrs V
Campbell and family:

Mrs A Arrison is the latest
to come down with the mumps

Verle Campbell has a new
light delivery truck.

Frank King has gone back
to riding horseback.

The bridge games are gett-
ing started for the season and
there is a rumor of a_ bridge
club in the neighborhood,

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Help the
Red Cross

TO ALL WOMEN’S WAR
WORK COMMITTEES:

The year 1944 is drawing
{o a close, and we have been
reviewing the work done by.
‘our. members, We are afraid
that Alberta ‘Will not, have all
its quotts completed by Dec.
31st. In some cases materials
for these quotas came in glow-
lv. Then some of our Branches
due to pressure of farm work
and fack of help, were unable
to do as much work as in the
past, If we have all done our
best, we must be satisfied.

Mrs, Clara’ Flavelle: McRac-;
hren, Chairman of the Nation-
al Women’s War Work Com-

elie
a

where

from be 4

clini¢ in Ba-

Noveniber 23rd with _”

the —

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aah Vs ’
T\ will not be responsible for
ny Debts Contracted by my wife .
Maty Chomyez as she has left my
Mike Chomyez

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he Ladies of the Anglican
Guild wish to thank all those
who so .kindly donated “and
énded their Tea and Sale of

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, f whe ks

g rn of

Pie. Margaret Luella Hell-
and, daughter of Mr. and Mrs
Lats Hellend, Lomond, enlist-
edin the Canadian. Women’s
Army Corps on November 8th
and is at present taking her
bagic training at No, 3 C.W.A
C Basic Training Centre, \ at
Kitehener Ont. ¢

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mitiee of Canadian Red Cross
isin Great Britain making a
first hand survey of existing
neéds. In a report of Mrs, PD.
G.>McKerrie, Acting | Chair-
man, Mrs McEachren siates:

“These twelve days have
‘eeh. most useful and have
provided me with much know-
ledge which willbe useful to
us: at home, especially the di-

ated yesterday in an audience
with the Queen, Slte was very
gracious and very interested,
and when on parting I. thank-
ed her for the honour she had
conferred on the Women _ of
Canada for receiving me, she
replied: ‘Please tell the wo-
men, in Canada how deeply
touched I am by all they have
done for us.”

‘“*From What I have seen,”
continued = Mrd. MeEachren,
“The néed was never greater
than now, With the wide-sp-
read damage to homes by the
flying bombs, these wonder-
ul people are taced with the
hardest winter yeet as far as
personal hardship is concern-
ed. The calls coming from
Europe will make heavy de-
mands on our existing supplies

Calling upon the women of
Canada in Red Cross to bend
to the task as never before,
Mrs: McEachren stressed the
need of warm clothing of all
kinds for civilians; long sleev-
ed s*veeters, and sweaters and
socks for children who must
suffer if. the.need is not met
now.

“All Divisions and Branches
are particularly asked to push
those articles which are be-
hind schedule, and for .which
they have material and .wool
on hand,” said the Chairnian

We urge you to go to your
rearest Red Cross’ Branch,
Take whatever work is most
needed, and do it as quickly
as possible. It is your own per-
sonal responsibility. You ARE
the Red Cross. You are the
only ones who can do it, The
need is very real and very ur-
gent, This is: the home stretch
the last long mile, What is
remembered afterwards is not
with what high enthusiasm we
began the job, but how we
finished it. WE MUST NOT,
and WE CANNOT FALL!

We feel con$ent that the

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rinouncement -

In loving Memory of Warr-

ant Officer, Charles’ Brown,
reported ts on Active Ser-.

Vice: Dee. 4th, 1942 in Africa,

not cold. beneath — the

urasses'

Not close walled within the
tomb pest

Rather in our-Pather's: Man-
sion

Waiting in’ the other room,

But our hearts. still ache

MARCE MUNRO CBC ann-
ouncer, .is baby-showered by

women of Alberta will not on-
‘ly do their. part but even more

We wish to. thank all our

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with sadness '
Our eyes shed many a tear

But all would turn to glad-
ness,

If only hé were here,
Unknown to the world, he
is still by our side

“Whisvering,” Death can-
not. Divide.
Inserted by Mum and Dad,

Brothers and Sisters.

Dal

Vancouver staff for his first
son, Patrick Munro,

Decide Jeeps Not Prattical
For Farm Work

members for their splendid 1, -P. Gledhill. .of Toronto,
work diiring the year, and . enief of the comfumers’ goods
‘ish each and. every, one the division ofitheMarAssets. Cor

best “of everything in the com-
ing year.

Regular meetings are

held
Tuesday afternoon 2. o'clock
Thursday evening 8 o'clock

Workers are urgently needed.

From the picturesque shores
of the Gaspe Peninsula more
than’ 3,500 fishermen put out
to sea, Their annual catch, to-
tals niore than®35 millions of

pounds of cod fish to. swell
the food and medical supplies
of the United Nations. Cod is
dried for overseas shipment
thus saving valuable caro
enace. while the. livers yield
prized, vitamin-rich oil, Can-
ada has agreed to supply a

poration, said in an interview

at Vancouver that provincial .
agricultural departments in the’
western prowinces have rejec-

ted the Ctnadiantype jeep as a

; ossible post-war farm imple-
ment.

hundred thousand gallons of
o* liver off to UNRRA‘in the
year ending next July. The

‘rs above shows cod_fill-
ets being cured with salt, It is
one of a series of about a hun-
dred photographs chosen to
renresent all nhases of Cane-
dian life to the other Allie
Nations, Collections have al-
ready been recuested by ‘Av |
ralia, Latin American coun-
tries, France, Great Britain.

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Cl, Plott, Owner and Publisher

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published every Thursday after-
noon in the Recorder *. Building
opposite the Post Office at Bassano

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PERMANENT
WAKE UP,
CANADA!

A professor in an eastern Can-
adian University began. a stries of
lectures on psychology recently
with this ‘statement: “Real pro-
gress in the study of psychology
will only be possible when we
discard the belief in the existence
of.the Spirit,’’ This young “ignor-
amus” would have us all become
atheists in order to further the
study of psychology,

The existence of the soul is a
fundamental belief of all civiliz-
ed people, and it is an offence to
our sense of righteousness’ and de-
cency that men should be employ-
ed in our schools and universities
to tell our young people that the
Bible is not true, that the old
teachings which have been the ba-
sis of all our better impulses are

, false. We are giving the best of

gur sons a@d daughters, yes our
best in everything, in an effort
to destroy Nazism, when it is
atheistic doctrines that have led
to Fascism and Nazism, where. hu-
man: beings are being manipulat-
ed and moulded to th. desire of
the state) Suh Loville teaching
Mes at the roct of mass murders

_ it leads to the most unbelievable

actions on the part of those who
have power over their ‘fellow

” creatures, -

Surely Canadians are blinded
to allow these teachers to sow
seeds of destructidn and lay the
foundation for the building of that
for which our sons, husbands and
fathers are spilling their blood in
an effort to destroy, May God
deliver us from these godless pro-
fessors!

thanksgiving if it does not rise *

to ljim, and that all the music
of the universe will be richer
and sweeter for your part in
it, however small.

“Faith” in

.. and God was there

the South
Seas
When John Paton translated the
Bible into the native language of
the South Sea Island he found no
word in their vocabulary for the
word “faith”, For months he sear-
ched in vain for a word that
would convey the idea of faith
to the minds of the natives, so
destitute was their language, Fin-
ally ‘he came across a word in
this way: The boy who was work-
ing for him came into his. study
after having accomplished an out-
door task, He was tired; so he
sat down on the nearest chair,
saying as he did so, ‘“{ lean my
whole weight on this chair,”

Mr, Paton pricked up his ears,
“What was that you said?”

The lad repeated it, “I amtired
and so I lean my whole weight
upon this chair,”

The missionary took that’ ex-
pression and used it to trunslate
the word “faith’’, Let us try it on
John 3:16, “For God so loved the
world, that he gave his only be-
gotten Son, that whosoever would
lean his whole weight upon him,
should not perish but have ever-
lasting life,’ Faith simply takes
God at His Word,

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What is
Faith

FAITH is a thing which people
excrcise in a hundred ways every
day of their lives; When you en-
ered the room just now, and sat
down on that chair and committ-
ed yourself to it. When I remov-
ed my hat and hung it upon the
hook, that again was an act of
faith, I trusted the hook, and de-
pended upon it to hold my hat,
The faith of which the Bible spe-
aks is just as simple as that,
Christ is its object, and to have
faith in Him is to rely on Him,
er count upon Him for that which
our souls need, The same thing
is expressed in other ways in Scri-
pture: “Look,” “Come,” "Take,"’
Receive all these-mean very much
the same as “Trust’’ or “Believe,"’

If from your heart, you can say
‘““Other refuge have I none,
Hangs my helpless soul on Thee,”
you are one that has faith in Him,

Can a man believe of his own ac-
cord?

When -the Lord Jesus told the
man with the withered hand to
stretch it forth, the man did not
ask, “How can I?” He might have
said, “Lord, I have not been able

S

Somewhere in Italy, before the enemies guns sil nced
his voice and pen, a soldier-poet inspired by his discovery
of God in the midst of hell on earth, composed the follow-

. ing poem—In simple, terse, humble eloquence the un-
known soldier-poet transcends the gamut of human emo-
tions as he contemplates meeting his Creator It is an an-

swer to agnostics and a. sombre

challenge to Fascism,

Pvt, James Day, of New York found the poem on the
dead body of the soldier, whose identity has not yet

been determined,

Look, God, I have: never spoken to You,
But now I want to say, “How do you do?”
You see, God they told me you didn’t exist,
And like a fool I believed all this,
Last night from a shell hole I.saw your sky—
I figured. right then they had told me a He,

b Had I taken time to see things you made,
I'd have’ know they weren’t calling a spade a spade
I wonder, God if You’d shake my hand;

a Somehow, I feel that you will understand,

i Funny I had to come to this hellish place
Before I had time to see your face,
Well. I guess there isn’t much more to say,
But I’m sure glad, God I met You today.

$ I, guess the “zero hour’ will soon be here
But I’m not afraid since I know you're near,

The signa

1! Well God I'll have to go;

I like You lots this I want you to know,
| Look now, this will be a horrible fight---

oe Though I wasn't frierldly to You before,
‘Who knows, I may come to Your house tonight.

I wonder, God if you'd wait at your {oor,

Look I'm crying! Me! Shedding tears— °

I wish IT had known You thege many years,

Well I have to go now, God, Good-bye! ee
_ Strange, since I met you I'm not afraid ‘to die,

that. we should believe on

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name of His Son Jebus Christ (see

1 John 3:23), Left to ourselves, it

is not likely that we should de-

sire to trust in Him, Our hearts
aro. naturally so depraved and

hard that there is no room for’

Christ there, But God has His
ways of producing what He seeks,
and it is*not for us to reason as

to our ability or inability to be-.

lieve, but to remember that we
are commanded to do it, The best
thing is to be simple about it, We
can trust one another without
question, It ought not to be more
difiicult to trust the Saviour,

How may I know whether my
faith is of the right kind or not?

The great point is, does it rest
upon the right object? If so, though
it may be weak and small, yet it
is faith of the right kind For in-
stance, suppose that I am_ sick
with influenza, I may have great
faith in a certain medicine to cure
me, Repeated doses, however pro-
duce no result, and I come to the
conclusion that my ‘ confidence,
great though it was, was misplac-
ed, because the medicine in which
I trusted had no efficacy, On the
other hand a remedy of proved
value is recommended to me, *I
have little faith in it, however,
and can hardly be persuaded to
try it, But when at length I be-
gin to take it,+I find myself much
benefited, My faith in it was very
small, but it was the right kind
of faith, because the medicine I
took was efficacious,

In like ‘manner; one may have
strong faith in prayer, or in hap-
py experiences or in dreams, but
such faith is faith of the wrong
kind, One's faith in Christ may
be very small, but if it is indeed
faith in Him alone, it is faith of
the right kind,

Is conversion all that iq needed to |

make one a Christian?

If it were, there would have
been no need for Jesus to come
down from heaven and die upon
the cross, That mighty work was
necessary before anyone could be-
come a Christian, - But’ perhaps
you have given way to a notion
that is current in certain quarters.
that no one can properly call him-
self a Christian until at the end
of life’s journey, he prepares to
pass from earth to heaven, Ask
one who believes thus, ‘Are you
a Christian?’ and the reply will
be, “I am trying to be one,”

Now no amount of trying has
ever made anyone a Christian, A
man does not bétome a soldier by
trying to behave like one but by
enlisting, The moment: he enlists,
he is as much a soldier as the co-
mmander-in-chief, The one has
never set. foot upon a baitlefield
and the other may be the veteran
of a hundred fights but both are
soldiers of the government,

WILL GOD MI: § YOU?

Sis Michael Costa’ was. a
great musical director, It is
said of him that once, when
a great production was being
rendered, he missed the sound
of one of the smaller instru-
ments and stopped the recital
to discover what was wrong,
As the great chorus. of nearly
a thousand voices rang out,
with the deep thunder of the
Organ, the clanging, of — the
cymbals and the roll of the
drum, with violin, flute and
horn. reat waves of rich, po-
werful music sounded through-
out the large building, An@ the
piccolo player far up in’ the
corner, though to himself, “In
all this din of noise the sound
of my litth* instrument . wifl
not be missed.” So he ceased
to play. Instantly the great con-
ductor threw up his hands
and signalled to play, He: cried
aloud, “Where is the piccolo?”
His trained ear had missed its
note; for him: the recital was
marred because the litfle in-
etrainient was not doing its
part, .

You may be sure that God

“misses your, note of praise and

my. bide f
-A thrilling story of a Jewish youn-
gster who was taught to hate Jesus
and. how he became inspite of that
a belciver in: Christ. Related by him-

self. .
We beleive that every ‘one wno
starts to read this story will contin.
ue and look foreward for the next

isgue, ” Gi
&) Abraham Silverstein

Continued from last weck

“Your sisters and brothers will
deny you meat and drink and
you will be always a stranger in
a strange land with no friends to
help you and no one to comfort
you in time of need, May this
curse, coming from the broken
heart of a disappointed mother,
{plow pou fo the ends of! the
world and only then be removed
when you shall come bick to the
faith of your fathers and repent
for the sorrows and tears you
have caused

Your Mother,”

"I could not believe my eyes,
Was this a letter from my’ own
mother? I could not doubt her
handwriting, It was surely her
own letter writfen by her own
hand,

Suddenly I began ‘to’ feel the
cold, I shivered, and slowly, my
heart beating furiously, the tears
forced’ themselves into my eyes

and I wept, Oh, how I cried! My @

poor mother, and I had wounded
her so! Through my tear-stained
eyes I looked up to the parklight
which shone above me and care-
fully re-read’ the whole letter,

Yes, my mother surely cursed

me because I ahd become a “Mes-'

humad’’, an outcast of Israel,

I remember how she sat by my
bed when I was ill, the’ only time
in my life when I was really
sick, I had been given up to die,
Already the mourners were call-
ed in; candles ‘had been lit’ to
lght my’ way into the dark abyss
dt approaching dissolution, But
shé, the dear motherheart would
not give up her © boy, She. sat
there ringing her hands and ut-

terihg prayérs to the ' Almighty,’

asking that He spare her boy,
Then, as she told me so many
times when I was. still with. her,
she summoned the elder’ of the
synagogue, the Rabbi, and asked
him to tell her what to’ do ‘to
save my life, And he had told
her to’ give alms to the poor and
to anoint me with oil, She did
as she was told. What would a
mother not do to save the life

her child! A

Shall I say that it was strange
that I really recovered? Shall I
say that a miracle, had happened?
At any rate, my case ok a sud-
den turn for the best and in a
few weeks I was well, with the
exception that my leg remained
crippled-infantile paralysis, I was
given ‘a crutch and was gradual-
ly but decidedly informed that
I would have to use such. a crutch
all the days of my life, Mother
would not give up, She dragged
me from professor to professor all
aver the European continent,
Everything was tried; everything
was ‘done to restore me to nor-
malcy-but in vain, She took me
back home and again went to the
Rabbi, who informed her that on-
ly the cld-fashioned, | @noising
with olive oil, water and wine,
the giving away of alms, and the
performances of a (prayer life
would cure me, And my dear old

merciful God who was given nels
ther rest nor peace unt) the ob-
ject would be attaindd—end one

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When I realized that she meant
every word written in that letter,
I felt utterly lonely, I cried a-
gain, and the tears freely flowed
down my cheeks, I felt so wretch-
ed, forsaken, alone, It seemed to
me as though the whole earth had
become desolate, :

Nothing mattered now, since
my greatest treasure, my mother, .
for whom I would have gladly
laid down my life, had forsaken
me, cursed me and banished me
for life. No longer am I her son,
no longer was she my mother,
The thought crushed me, annihila-
ted all other thought save one--
I was motherless, banihsed, curs-
ed and made a lone wanderer up-
on the face of the earth” until
death would come, and only then
would the curse be removed,

not stipulate cruel death as the
termination of that curse, I would
not have to wait till death came.

T again read that portion of my
mother’s letter:

_ “May this curse, coming from
the broken heart of a disappoint-
ed mother, follow you to the ends
of the world and only then be
removed, when you shall coma
back to the faith of your fathers
and repent for the sorrow bind
‘tears you have caused your mo-
ther,

‘I read it over once more; I re-
flected upon it; I dwelled and
dwelled on it arid like a magic
wand it swayed over me, filling
me with such unuttenable long-
ings and desires, with such warm
and welcoming expectations of a
possible, early reconciliation-- a
reunion with my loved one-- a
feeling of warm hands upon my
shoulder, of a wrinkled lovely
mother-face nestlings caressingly
against my tired and cold cheeks
oh, I cannot tell just how it made
me feel, but I wanted my mother
I loved my mother, I longed ‘to
have her with me to be with her
and again I burst out crying,

Among the passersby a man
stopped for a moment, looking at
me curiously, far!

As I said before, I had no
overcoat, was ‘scantily, dressed)
my shoes screaming for repairs
,and no rubbers on, and sitting
there in that park with the snow
falling, I must have presented a
not all too prosperous appearance,
You see, it. was Christmas,

This man approached me and as
he did so I [hastilly wiped the
tears which had grown quite cold
upon my cheeks rose to my feet
and left, The man walked on, I
sat on another bench now, Ano-
ther park light above me sent its
rays down and threw my shadow
in grotesque boldness before my
vision, aig

And then something happened
which as I write it down still
makes me . Sige

i
Zz

all the years of tian work |
have always” to maintain
safe and sane middle road, not,

BY A
inv

. After the mifiennium this earth,
denewed, will become the home of |
the saved. “Nevertheless we, ac |
e@rding to His promise, lovk for,
aow heavens and a new earth,
whereln dwelleth righteousness.” ,
% Peter 3:18, pet

Q.—Why are the books ef, the,
Apocrypha not retained as Scrip.
ture In the common version? |

A.—1, They were not in the Jew~
‘teh Scriptures that were held to be
sicred—the Scriptures Josus used,

2. They originated after prophets
bod ceased in the Jewish church—
that fs, after Malachi.

%. They were not written in the
Hobrew language.

4. Neither Christ nor the apos-
Ucs quoted from them.

6, Their teaching, character, and
style are not up to the standard of,
“the law and the testimony.”
(saish 8:20) This is clear to any.
devout reader,

6, They give light on the time
that produced them. The Macom
bees are valuable as history. }

| 8 Ta
an dibee oURSTION Coton A The
Voice of Propi Box 55, Los Am

‘eral interest ‘will be Sreneed te te
column es space permis, -

M4, Note; Send yout questions
te the “Bible Questions Corner” of

this newspaper,

path, trodden by men wiser than

I, by men who have gone * that
way long before me,
But that night, that eventful

Christmas Eve, as 1 sat there
looking inito }my/ shadow, dazed
and stricken with despondency, as
I tried to clarify my. benumbed
mind, feeling so wretched and un-
happy, I distinctly heard a voice
as from no-where, It frightened
me, I knew I was there alon:

knew that no one, absolutely not
a soul was sharing that portion
of the dark with me,.and although
I never believed in ghosts, it made
the shivers creep up my spine for
the voiée was distinct, Later I
knew what it was, but I was un-
experienced then, and could not
tell, That voice spoke to me har-
shly, then imploringly and then
again it changed and addressed
me in an argumentative fashion,
It seemed to me as though some-
thing or someone was _ standing
right there in front of me, speak-
ing to me and telling me what
I could do, The words are inde-
libly recorded upon my memory
and I will render them in. the
way as they came that night--
on the eve of Christmas,

These were the words of that .
voice from somewhere:

(Continued in the next issue),

to hear, slow to
is speak, slow

ary and Fdrionton army pe
nél are combining with mem-

pers sof the Navy and R;C.AF at”

educational clarses More than thir
ty different closies are now-in op-
eration, ;

Majority
with the co-
adian Legion Mducational Services
while In Calgary. thtee classes are

Se, Ps

condgeted . \ ith co wperation§ of
Canadion . Vorational Training
and an art course will soon be-

gin’ at, the, Ins itate of. Technolo-
gy and Art,

Subjects being taught include
welling, handjovafts, automotive
engineering, cabinet making, show

. card writing, shep work, typing
book-keeping, short hand, sewing
cooking, Geramn, art, woodwork-

g ing and high school subjects,

‘Alberta Traffic

Deaths Decreaes

“Traffic fatalities in Alberta since
the first: of the year have shown
a decrease, compared with the
same period of last year, accord-

ing’ to figures compiled by the

Alberta Motor Association. —,

In this period there have been
“83 deaths in motor vehicle acet-
dents comnared with 48 in the
similar period of 1943, The total
includes 10 deaths at level cross-
ings which is the same as at this
time a year ago,

Reports indicate that there has

been a decline in the general nu-
mber of motor vehicle accidents
but definite figures are, not at

hanr,

While. motor traffic has ‘heen
_ heavy throughout the year and
car registrations also show a gain
over 1943, the accident total is on
the decrease,

Motor club officials point out
to the heavy toll at level crossings
and urge the need of this problem
being given the attention of all
who are interested in promoting
increased safety on the streets and

highways of the province,

Road Surfacing

-4

on 1945 progra

Two projects are. definitely on
the province's hijhway program
tor 1945, according to information
received by the A,M,A from the
public works department,

One is the completion of hard
surfacing of the Calgary-Cross-
field section of the main highway
between Calgary and Edmonton,

. All but eight of the 30 milés of
have been finished, The eight-
mile section has been graveled and
just as soon as spring opens, It
will be hard surfaced,

The other project ts hard sur-
facing of 30 miles of the ' same
main highway from Edmonton
south of Millet, This work will be
undertaken just as soon as spring
conditions permit and it will be
tinished as speedily as possible,

Funds_ for these projects were
provided in the current year’s est,
imates and will be on hand for the
resumption of operations in 1945,

it is understood, ~

Government -officials explained
that it was necessary to postpone
the fall hard surfacing operations
owing to the advent of colder

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For tha past ‘three years, apple
cases of the juice, ‘forti-

i the public, tt wit pot be
Pa) Las ‘ibe

+ colirtes are held
evetion ‘ot the Can-

I'll Read NOR
Meter and Send
Your Bill Every
Two Months
Instead of Monthly

s

@ This simplification will relieve the congestion in our billing

department, os
nent.

important right now.

weil.2s liclp us comply with a new paper curtail.
There’lf also be a szving in gasoline and rubber, and that's
This won't result in any reduction in staff

but instead will allow them to devote more time to bettering
the service to you.

@ Other utilities operating ‘under this plan have found it very
satisfactory to both themselves and their customers.

like it too.

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CHRISTMAS IS
4 COMING

Remember your con-.
tribution to-

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CHRISTIAN
HOME’S

“BIG FAMILY”
AR A a a Ne Pg AGG CY Ae

Army News

Since March last there, has
been shipped overseas an av~
erage of 100,00 magazines a
month from the various mag-
azine depots across the coun-
try, military authorities in Cal-
gary announced today. The
Alberta quota is 4,000 a month
and has always been main-
tained or bettered by the ma-
gazine depots of Calgary and

Ednionton who have worked
faithfully and voluntarily at
the task,

The majority of these mag-
azines are less than’ one month
old when shipped,

The mavazines go via Red
Cross to the Assistant Direc-
tor of Auxiliary Services, Lon-
don, England, who is respon-
sible for their distribution oy-
erseas.

More current “magazines
would be welcomed, and these
can be left at any post office,
at the Bay or Eatons, or any
B,A. Station,

In addition to the foregoing
the Kinsman Club working in
conjunction with the Magazine
Depot, ship tons of magazines
to the Navy Leagi-2, and Mer-
chant Marine. These ship-

. ments are largely made up of

less current magazines,

Individuals may take | mag-
azines to any Post Office were
they are forwarded, without
‘charge, to the nearest Maga-
zine Depot, and are then des-
patched overseas.

Individuals are not permitt-

y CALGARY

e SERVING ALBERTA

ed to send magazines except
by paying a subscription and
the magazine is then forwardr
ed by the publisher,

Stil; Ration New
Farm Machinery

As the best method of en-
suring delivery of available
farm machinery to farniers
who need it most, the present
system of rationing new farm
machinery and equipment will
be continued until supplies are
more nearly in line with the
consumer demands, nm making
this announcement, the War-
time Prices and Trade Board
caution farmers not to dispose
of their old tractors or other
rationed farm equipment this
fall, unless they have a pernit

horv-the Board to purchase
new equipment next spring.
To help keep present equip-

ment in operation, there is no
limit on the production of re-
pair parts.

Even with an early end of
the war in Europe, it will be
at least a year before the sup-
ply of farm machinery can be
increased to meet all demands

MODERN

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ULYSSES

I'm sure you'll
Six bills a year instead of twelve will save you time and
trouble, yet your total cost will be exactly the same as before.

° The bill you receive this month will be your last on the monthly

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Your Electric Servant

MITED

For ‘Sale-A two plate jacket
heate® in oud condition. Se-
veraltsacks of good healthy
potatoes. A practically new

* FOO? ot Laren” hose. ‘Sever-

la hundred feet of tung and
grove One inch flooring, Apply
Recorder Office.

the Administrator of Farm
Machinery points out, Canad-
ian agricultural machinery pro-
duction “is limited, by lack of
sufficient manpower and by
shortages of certain materials
and component parts, such as
steel sheets, malleable } cast-
ings, foller and ball bearings,
end motors.

MILK HEALS WOUNDS

Sov scieaticts have de-
veloped a paste of | pressed
milk which is effective in cur-
ing wounds. In a Novesibrisk
hospital” were several men
hore words healed very
slowly, novocaine — blocking,
ultra violet ray treatment, an-
tiseptics, and permanganate
baths not provinv of much va-
ue. The special milk paste
was applied and the wounded
were soon well again. During
the Leningrad blockade, — this
paste was used in all the Len-
ingrad hospitals,

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-BASSANO ALBERTA —
Church service is held every 2nd.
“and fifth Sunday in the month, —

REV. JAMES MORROW—PASTOR

Church of England
: BASSANO ALBERTA
EVERYBODY COME.
Rev. Selwyn Evans

I ed

Knox Presbyterian
Church

Bassano

Evening Service 7:30 P. M.
Rev. E. H. Lockhart Minister.

—
in. uw’. F. Keith |

| Desttist | ;

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Dr. 3S. E. Barlow
VETERINAKIAN

BASSANU © eee

ALTA

BUS SCHEDULE
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Westbound leaves

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TRAIN SCHEDULE
Westbound (Daily)

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CREAM PRICES

Special .... 42c

INGOs fio cca aikido cous 40c

No. 2... 35c

Th®& includes 10 cent Govt, subsidy

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Blank heading, 3 for 25c. :
Apply Recorder Office

¥ * *

FOR SALE Clearing Stove and
lump coal while it lasts $3.50 per
ton in Shed or $430 delivered
anywhere in town, Apply L, CONN
Phone 57.

Books,

FOR SALE—50 choice
faced ewes coming 3 in spring.
Bred to lamb after March 15th,
$800, Phone R613 or call at Mrs.
D, Nelson Cluny,

white-

FOR SALE—Good nine roomed
house with pantry, Good basement
with furnace, also running water
and electric lights, Extra garden
Jot to be sold with the building
Apply Town Secretary.

ATTENTION--- We will send the

“Recorder” free for 3 months to
any new subscriber, Write _ to-
day.

FOUND

Found between Countess and
Rosemary about 2 months ago
a bundle new sacks. Owner
Apply Ab, Rempel, Countess.

'ELP WANTED

Girl or Woman to work steady
or part time by te wages
in the Imperial Coffee Shop,
under new management, Ap-
ply Imperial Coffee Shop.

‘Ke Sevigny :
‘Auctioneer

Brooks, Phone 111
Member of Auctioneer As-
sociation of Alberta.
Experjenced and Reliable
List your sale with me or
see Harvey Smith at Bassano
License 63-44-45

: Sunday Schoo! at 11:00 A. M.

A. T. Connolly

REGISTERED OPTOMETRIST

Broken Lenses Replaced from
Prescription or pieces

Absolute Satisfaction Guaranteed

QUICK SERVICE

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a. B,,

PHYSICIAN & SURGEON

Telephones

L.MLC,C.

Office 37

Residence 131

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Agency for
COAL AND WOOD-
Feed and Draying.
Phone 26, Opposite Depot

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3 Insertlons $1.00

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BASSANO
RECORDER

Boys and Girls Look what ‘ ‘nice os
attractive appearance a letter will
printed with your own name and
address on the envelopes, Senl in
your order today, We supply. the

’ envelopes (3) x 6% ‘print ‘your ©
bid address on it and send it post free

. to your home no matter where

40% live in any color you desire;

: green: or blue for only 50 o,

a ie t

~ Hete is one of the many samipls
with which we can serve you, We
-call this sample No, 111,

CANADIAN ARMY

-STILES = DRUCCIST

RECORDER HONOR ROLL

The Recorder would appreciate re
aders informing us of errors or om-
misions to the Honor Roll of names
of men Who have joined some
branch of the C. A. S. F. from the
entire district.

CASUALTIES

Flying Officer R.A. Gayford
*Spr. Wilbert Edge, Bassano
Obs-Sgt. G.H. Stiles, Bassano
F.O. Jack Walsh, Bassano
W.A,G, W.02 Brown Chas, Gem
Fit. Sgt. H. R. Bacon. Bassano

ROYAL AIR FORCE
Sq.|Ldr, R H Harper DFC

Bassano

ROYAL CANADIAN NAVY

Sig. Graham Cathro Bassano. ..

Matthew Halton who returned
from overseas on October 20
and is touring Canada on be-
half of the Seventh Victory
Loan Campaign. Mr. Halton’s
broadcast’ 4Reporting Home’
which he made from the Mon-
treal studios of the CBC shor-
(ly after his arrival in Canada

Able-S'man ‘Tom Pragnell, Bassano
Ldg. S'man, Ronald Clifford Gem
Ldg. C.K. John Bailey Gem

Sto. Dale Dieckman Gem .-
R.A. Norman Stiles Bassano
Able S'man Dale McBride, Bassano
Able S'man R. Edwards Bassano
Able S'man Clifford Johnson Bass.
Sig. H. Balewicz, Bassano,

O. S’man H. A. Hartley’ Bassano
Sto. 2 R. B. Stiles, Bassano
O'S E. W. Redmond Bassano

O|S R. MacLean Bassano
O|S W. Phipps Bassano
OS'man E. Barlow.

RCAF
*Corr Inst. Geo. Ferraby Sount

Bassano

added still more to his repu-
tation as one of the finest cor-
respondents to be heard . on
the air Requests for the talk
have been numerous, and mi-
meographed copies have been
made available to listener

the CBC.

‘Corp. F. T S‘ary,

Sat. Larry Edwards. Bassano

Sgt Earl Corbett Bassano

LAC Sam Edwards, Bassano

*Sat-Obs. was Raeaarah Raseania

Gor, Hagg. A. F Majorville, Alta
O. ®, Artison. Baseane

Aca Edward Cador, Countess

t, Wm, Srane Raceann

LAG. Archie MacLean Bassano ‘

L. Wurster, Lathom

py C. Zelinski Bassano

Cerp. A. Zelinski, Bassano we

Flying Off: Jim Honey, Bassano.

LAC. Hugh Berry, Bassano wv

AC2 W. Marriot Bassano i
P.O, Norman Ingeberg, Bassano

Sgt. Tom Rodbourne, Crowfoot}

Sgt. Fred Bohne Bassano :
PTE, Clifford Nail, Makepeace |
CORP. A.E. Sanford, Bassano
AC2, A.K. Smalley, Bassano

Sgt. Ken Hansen, Bassano’

y

P.O, Ben Plumer, Bassano
W O Balewicz Bassano
Corp. J Balewicz Bassano !

Sgt Ival (erren, Bassano
Bassano

*AC2. Delbeit owns, Bassano
AC2. E, Gouge Bassane

LAC D,W_ Douglas Finneg
AC2 Richard Peare ‘Finnegan
P.O. Tommy Lamont Bassano

Sgt. Pilot R. MacLean, Bassano
L.A.C. Ceorge Scott, Bassano

LAC. [ronald Nail, Makepeace.
i.A.C. Roy MacLaren. Bassano
L.A.C. Bill Plumer, Bassano
AC2 Ray Thompson. Countess
LAC. Norman Wight, Bassano

. Pe, Eddie Marquardt, Bassano

| Gun, Harold Landsiede} Bagsano
“CAPT, Wm. McLaws, Bassano
. st Jack Edwards, Bassano

Pte. Wm, Ketler, Gem

L Corp Bill Hay, Countess

“Pte. J. Pietz, Bassano 4

te. S. Edwards, Gem

te, Arch m bony — *Sgmn. A. Hood, Bassané
id, Gem 5 10

Tpr. Tom Austrom Bassano

Pte. Ruben Beringer, Bassano,

Pte. Harry Pragnell, Bassano

C. Mech. Equips, E \Sehelske,
Pte. W. Brocklebank H

Pte. A.H. Kerr a errmnagy ‘

Pte. Jim MacLean Bassano L. Cpl. John Rute Bassan
Pte. R. Lansiedal, Bassano ete. ifs Beringer, Games .
*Pte. L.T. Jordan, Bassano Pte. J. Landsiedel, Bassano
Pte Pat Bailey, Gem Colony ite. W. HH, Royer, Gem

*Pte A. Cathro, Bassano vet. F. Rockwell Bassano _
*Pte. J. Levesque, Lathom Cpl. W. E Mullen Makepeace

Ist Lieut. iation Haynes Bassano
Pte, J. McBride, Bassano

Gun. Hagg.L. J, Majorville, ..1. thagg, Stanley, Majorville,
Pte. Andy Bell -Gem ord. R. Marriott, Bassano
Pte. Robert Sparks Gem vt Lewis Osterberg, Lathom
LICpl. William Wallace Gem ‘ut. Hob, Foley . Gem

Gnr, Clarence Scheibner Gem
Pte. Glén Farnham Gem
L\Corp. Lloyd Jarhraus Gem
Gnr. Fred Anderson Gem «. J. McFarland, Bassano
Pte. Albert Becken Gem +. 2 J, Smith, Bassano
Pte, Ear) Edwards Gem . i), Jim Aikens Gem

sow A. McKay Gem
vip. KJ, Abbott, Gem
us IGN, Mullen Makepeace,
. S. Wurster, Lathom

Sgmm. Jacob Willms Gem «pt. KH. Donaldson . Bassano
ist Lieut T. Ingeberg Bassano ‘=. Stanley James, Ger
Sgt R. Rathbone Bassano vi Avnold McCormick Gem
Samn. Henry Morrison, Bassano =|‘ “be Penner Gem
L. Cpl. Dan Morrison, Bassano wv / Penner Gem
Set. W. R. Broadfoot Bassono «, Henry Paetkau Gem
Gnr, Leonard LC. Bassano, ie Led Schneider Gem
Tpr: D.C, Walker Bassano -& A. Redikopp Gem .
*Sgmn, ‘Vance Capron, Bassano ~ =; tv, John Redikopp . Gem
: “te. C, Hien Duck Lake

“Sgt. Major E. Wade Gea
‘velvet Lieut, C Honey, Bassano,
u.-Corp. J. Brown, Gem

: ik. RK. Archibald, Gem

wun. Charles Hayes, Bassano,
oO wea, BL W. Cowan Bassano
ou. KW. Cowan Bassano

W.A, Freeman Lathom’

e' Herbert Lansiedal Bassano
vte. Dick McBride, Bassano
“Gunner David Walsh, Bassano

Women’s Division

CASUALTIES
Bassano

"te. Barbara Rennie ..
YOU HELP ROYAL CANADIAN AIRFORCE

THIS WINTER?

If you are not required on the farm this
winter you hould take. other work.

Extra.winter workers are needed for woods
operations---!ogging and pulpwood and
fuel cutting — base metal mines, coal
mines, meat packing and cold storage,
grain handling, railway track maimtenance, :
iron foundries und other high priority
occupations, varying with the area.

Please offer your services to:

Plt. Lieut. D Thompson . Countess

W 2M. Walsh Bassano
CANADIAN ARMY
icut. Marg, Rennie
KOVAL CANADIAN NAVY
‘» Lieut. Peterson Bassano
0000000

S’\NO ALBERTA—

3th, and 9th, 1944,
RUE to LIFE

“THE REXALL STORE”

WEEKLY EDITOR

looks at

OTTAWA

The fight against venereal
disease has been brought into
the open in Canada, as it sh-
ould be. The V,D. problem is
considered such a serious one
and so vital to the future of
our country that the Dorninion
and provincjal governments
have sought every available
medium of publicity in an ed-
ucational camptign by which
it is hoped to impress on Can-
adians the great need for full
co-operation: if headway is to
be made against this most ser-
ious of healht problems,

This week we summarize in
the space at our disposal some
of the main factors stressed
by the Department of Nation-
al Health and Welfare, Otta-
wa, whose advertisements on
V.D, most readers have not-
iced in the weekly newspapers

At the outset, one can real-
ize how serious the problem
is by an authoritative estimate
that more than 300,000 Can-
adians have syphilis; that
more than 200,000 of this num-
ber are unaware of the infec-
tion’ because of the insidious
nature of the disease which
often shows no outward signs
for many years, The number
of new cases of V.D, exceeds
most reportable diseases, in-
cluding poliomyelitis, typoid
fever, diphtherja, cancer and
tubercujosis. Approximately
10 per cent of insanity is due
to syphilis, and about 15 per
cent of deaths from ‘heart
disease” are caused through
the same infection. Not t pret-
ty picture, is it?

YITAMING add new pep, ©
life arid energy to the
human body. When Firestone
adds Vitalin, the new rubber
“vitamin” to make Vitamic
Rubber, it gives greater
strength, longer wear,
greater toughness, more re-
sistance to heat, and better
aging. All Firestone tires
are now made with Vitamic
Rubber . . . and they. cost no
more. Insist on having them
on your car when you obtain
a Tire Ration Certificate.

| Local Beater agree deve

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The nearest | Employment and ‘TTOR MOORE and
Selective Service Office; or CLOT TONE

Prove be your ards that you

The nearest Provincial Agricul- fulfill your duty,

tural Represehtative; or

Your Lecal Farm Production
Committee,

, and 16th.
er

A good response to this appeal is important RATION LOVE

to Canada’s welfare — please act im- pi
mediately, LuitY REODES,
Postponement of Military Training, con- NINE JOHNSTON
tinues while in approved essential work

off the farm.

Show Starts At
8:00 p.m

NATIONAL SELECTIVE SERVICE
DEPARTMENT OF LABOUR

HUMPHREY MITCHELL , As MacNAMARA
Minister of Labour Director, National Selective Service

This advertisement is lasued by the Dominion Depart-
ment of Labour in aid of the Dominion-Provincial Farm
_ Labour, Programme,

SAVINGS
STAMPS

What we spend, is what we had!
What we possess is what we losel
Only what we gave,
is what we have! .

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